The chances of the existence of paper are getting paper-slim. The invention, whose origins can be found in the early 8th century Chinese culture, has been tipped at the brink of extinction from existence for the last three to four decades. The main reason, technological innovations and inventions of the modern era. It was the […]
Mar 16 2012 | Posted in
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Why make the prediction of a long death of paper? The reason is that it has infiltrated our lives so deeply that replacing a paper stack with a hard drive and words with 101011 bits and bytes will be a lengthy procedure. The use of paper is not limited to just reading and writing, though […]
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Currency, the instrument we all use in purchasing or selling anything, is another object that will be hard to subdue. Financial services companies like American Express and MasterCard have been investing every ounce of their energy to replace the conventional paper currency with plastic ones, and Google has joined the club with its electronic currency […]
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However, smartphones are taking care of this problem. Though the process is a little bit finicky to handle but it does the trick; transfer the file or app from the tablet to smartphone, and it will take it from there. No matter what convenience all these technology gismos provide us, paper has taken care of […]
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The technology world has been running the hot streak for the last one decade and every day brings us more news on the evolution of personal and mobile computing. However, the evolution in the tech specs of the latter one is quite reciprocal to the former. As laptops, tablets and desktops for that matter are […]
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However, the a person like me, an iPhone size screen is sufficient. 3.7 inches do not hurt me anyway. But the current market has only a few option and most of them have sacrificed specifications. These devices make do with mostly single-core processors and low-resolution cameras. Many other features are also missing in the equation. […]
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These smartphones with smaller screens might be of low specs as compared to gigantic HTC Ones and Samsung Galaxy Notes, these are nothing to sneeze at. In fact, Kevin Packingham, senior vice president of product innovation for Samsung Mobile, told me in an interview that the specifications on these devices are better than the top […]
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This might sound a little offensive but Google, Inc.’s mobile operating system is an underdog in both smartphone and tablet markets. Though it might have snatched a big chunk of market share from Apple in the former market but in terms of quality it still chases the tail of iOS—Android’s counterpart developed by Apple. The […]
Mar 6 2012 | Posted in
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In addition to Google’s App Market, there are numerous third-party applications that not only contain bugs but malware in them due to sloppy checks and signature systems. Even Google’s own application centre does not have appropriate checks and balances in this regard. Late in 2011, the Silicon Valley-based company had to bring down a number […]
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Samsung unveiled a slew of smartphones at Mobile World Congress 2012, Barcelona. The company’s main focus was on the phones churned out of the strategic partnership with Google on Android platform, Galaxy. The product line ranged from mediocre smartphones running Android 2.3 Gingerbread to premium handsets with the same version. It looks as if Samsung […]
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Samsung announced Galaxy S-series phone, S Advance, at the Mobile World Congress 2012, Barcelona. The phone caters to a budget-oriented market segment that can afford some extra cash for HD videos. However, the phone, being the next thing in the S-series with the suffix Advance, was a disappointment in a few features. First off, the […]
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Samsung was touted to be the major contender at the world’s biggest mobile technology event, Mobile World Congress 2012, Barcelona but due to the some reason the company failed to introduce the next generation smartphones. Majority of the lot belonged to basic to mediocre level handsets that contained Android 2.3 Gingerbread and Galaxy Ace Plus […]
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